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United Nations Society of Artists and Writers Award

In December 2007 Tom Sewell received an award from the United Nations Society of Artists and Writers for his work promoting peace ( his anti war mixed media "I Can No Longer Remain Silent") and for his multi media installation "Enigma of the Mill". This award was given to Sewell on his 68th birthday by the Societys president Hans Janitschek. Other recipients of this award include Mikhael Gorbachev, Norman Mailer, The Lama Gangchen and Gloria Steinem.

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Maui Weekly Art Maui 2010 Review

What Babe Ruth was to baseball, Tom Sewell is to art— both regularly and reliably hit home runs. Sewell has created two inspired and exceptional installations. Bach, Monks and Shakespeare Meet in Water is a mixed media installation with video. Somehow, Sewell and his resident geniuses have figured out a way to project a video image of a face—in this case it’s the face of the actor Stacey Keach—onto a mannequin, so that it looks like Keach is here in a monk’s habit reciting Hamlet and Lear’s soliloquies. The music accompanying the work was composed by Tan Dun and performed by the Kronos Quartet.

Sewell’s other piece is another technological marvel. He and his menehune have taken those digital photo frames and jiggered them so that they play video. This video is a tribute to Sewell’s late mentor, Dr. William “Rubak” Vitarelli, a man who lived his life to the fullest and sought to contribute to the betterment of human kind over all of his 99 years. Take the time to sit before each of the four screens and listen to all four 10-minute segments. This may be the best 40 minutes you will ever spend.

Paul Janes-Brown

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